Bloomington Progress, Volume 17, Number 18, Bloomington, Monroe County, 4 July 1883 — Page 1

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WAITISa FOB MOTHF.K. MB t mmot. The old man gits in his easy chair. Slumbering the moments away Dreaming a dream that is all his own, Ob his gladsome, peace! nl day. His children have gathered from far and near, Hia children's child rea beside And merry voices are echoing through . The "Homestead'a" hall so wide. But far away in the years long flown Gmndfather Hvcs again ; And hia heart forgets that it ever knew A shadow of grief and pun. r"or he sew his wife a ha ww her then A matron homely and fair. With her children frathered around his hoard. And never a vacant chair. Oh! happy this dream of the "Anld liana: Syne,' Of the years Ions slipped away! And the old man's lips have gathered a smile. And his heart grows young and say. But a kiss falls gently upon his brow From hia daughter s Hps so true; Dinner is ready, and, father dear, We are only waiting ioryon." Toe old man wakes at bis daughter's rail, and he looks at the tabic noar There's one of ns mbsimr, my child," he says, "We will whit till mother is here." There am tears in the eyes of his children Uwa, As they gaze on an empty chair; lor many a lonely year has passed - Siaee "mother" sat with them there. Bnt toe oM man pleads still wistfully : "We most wait for mother, yon know!" And they let him rest in his old arm-chair Till the son at last sinks low; Then, leaving a smile for t::e children here. Hi) tarns from the earth away. And had gone with "mother" beyond the skira, With, toe close of the qui-it day.

Quickly Wooed, Quickly Won. BY GEORGE STCART BUBB. 'My darling," said Boss Edgerly, glancing tenderly down at the small, slender form beside him, and patting ' the little head that rested so confidingly m his arm, "I shall be very sorry to part with yon, even for a month. Bnt" -with a sigh "if yon are so wry determined and have set your heart npon he matter, why, go yon must and will." His companion was silent. "Not onlT myself," he continued, "bnt mothers will suffer by your absence. What will your poor Uncle Nep do without yon ? 'Who will cheer and console him, as yon only know how to do; read to him, and comfort his loneliness

and age? " Still Isabel said nothing. Perhaps she was a little conscience-stricken at her hasty acceptance of a proposal made

to her by wealthy aunt. This aunt,

Jtrsu JMttingtun, urea ra new xoik city, and had just sent a letter to Isabel at her little country home near the source of tho Hudson, inviting her to spend a month v. ith her amid the pleasures and dissipations of tho great city. Never having been twelve miles from. Plain ville in her life, Isabel was only too eager and anxious to go. What a contrast New York must present to ' 'their little village with its solitary main street, and few stores there at that; with its hills and forests, and silent country roads. So she wrote a hasty note of acceptance, never thinking how lonely her poor blind uncle and aimosthelpless aunt would be without her; never earing whether the handsome young farmer, to whom she was betrothed, would miss her or no. She was a willful woman, and, like every . wralMml Mnkn rrtTME ham ItAr Awn vat.

The evening before her departure, Bobs had come to the farm-house resolved to make one last effort to turn Jmt from her resolution. But all his pleading produced no effect on one who bad never tamed a deaf ear to his petitions before. "How long do you think to stay? he asked, at length. ua 1 xl "V 1 3

fasyerta niuuouq. xuu cwuu no expect me to hurry right back, could you?" asked Isabel, looking roguishly mio his fVvce. Bui his answer disappointed her. "Of course not; if you enjoy yourself you will be very foolish to return to return at all," he muttered under his thick, heavy mustache. 4- "Beat Boss," she laid a hand caress-; T , 1- l

. Surely I have a curiosity to go out into

much ; of which I have seen so little. 80 don't blame me I will come back." Ha could not resist the tender touch, the soft, gentle music of her voice. He beat down and kissed the red lips that were close at his shoulder, and held

her tightly in a last, long embrace. .

The day was dark and rainy; the

streets were niiea with mud and slush.

A confused sound of numberless wagons and vehicles of all descriptions filled Isabel's ear with their unearthly jooise as she stood on the steps of the depot searching, but vairlv, for the servant her aunt said she would send to

meet her mece on her arrival. Poor Isabel! Howlonel. and desolate and miserable she felt; crowds continually coming and going before her, jet not one kindly face was turned to-

Ward her. "Oh, for Bosj Edgerlv."

murmured, and the thought of her n came involuntarily to her amid

aer distress and brought wituit a sense of comfort and relief.

"If no one comes for me," she resisted, "I shall have to get on the next

Tain and ko back back to Boss.

''At that moment her attention was st-

.lacted by a tall young gentleman, clad frt a long, dark overcoat, iitanding on the opposite side of the street, gazing at her intently. f Isabel noticed him once Jr twice before as he slowly walked no and down.

every now and then peering inside the

one. Meeting her eyes, he now walked confidently across the muddy street, and, raisins his bat, said politely:

"May X ask if yon are on the lookout

lor any of Mrs. Aiarimgton s people ? ' A glad light broke over the young girl's face.

Tea, I am," she exclaimed, "but I

have waited so long, and no one came iormo that " "What?-" he asked, seeing that she showed no inclination to finish tho sentence, "That I thought I should have to go back again the same way I came;" and she smiled a little, as if thinking now there was no danger of that, for this gentleman must be one of her aunt's friends, or he would never have known at her expected arrival. "Did Aunt Sara scad your" she inquired, eagerly. The young man smiled in his trim

"No not exactly that is well, you aee, she had a small card party last evening, and mentioned to several of us that she expected a cliarming niece

from the country to-day, and was going to send tho txmohman for her, as she would not be able to drive down herself. So I made up my mind that X

woma get ahead of the coachman and optoe after you myself ." '3fqBew very kind of you." she replied,

wj under Jus somewhat-

nmi

He signaled a hack-driver, who was lounging up against the side of the depot, and, entering his hack, they were soon rolling away through the' dirty, crowded streets. Before a large, elegant house in the upper part of the city the hack stopped, and the two got out. Isabel's companion preceded her up the broad flight of steps, anrl rang the bell, As the door opened he said: "I don't believe Sirs. Darlington is here now, so I'll go in and remain with you tiU she returns." Isabel made no reply. She supposed it was but natural her aunt's friend should desire to see that lady on her return, after having performed the satisfactory service of conducting her niece safely there. He seemed quite at home, and Isabel began to think he must be a very great friend indeed of Mrs. Darlington's to allow himself so much liberty, so very much more than she that lady's own relative would dare to take. He assisted her to lay aside her wraps, and rang the bell and ordered the servant to bring up sotaBWfKwhments at once. "No, no, I am not hungry," began Isabel, "do not take so much trouble " "No trouble at all," interrupted the other, courteously; "everything " and he laid especial emphasis on that word "is at youv disposal here." The servant soon returned with a delicious lunch, and Isabel said no more. The sandwiches and salad were very tempting, the mulled claret tasted so refreshing after her long, cold, dreary journey. "How do you think you will like it here?" finally asked the young gentleman, who lad introduced himself as Marr Henry Marr. "Of course you can't tell very much on such a day as this," he continued; "but well do our best to nave you carry away a good impression with you when you go back to your country home. Do you know can you gnuss" bending toward her and laying his hand on the arm of her chair "why I was so anxious to offer my company to you in place of the coachman's?" His companion shook 'hot head. The wine which in her simple life she had seldom-tasted before began to dull her senses, and che laid back in her chair in a kind of half-conscious dream. She could not have replied to him in words if she had tried. "Because because at your aunt's I saw your picture, and that, far more than 'her description of you, made me resolve to seo and judge for myself." He was'sitting close beside her now, his hand, zested caressingly on hers, and his dark ey as, gleaming with a brightness aimer; unnatural, looked inquiringly into hers. All thought of her aunt, of her visit, of the singular means by which she had arrived in that house, faded from her mind. She .was dimly aware that she was falling into a sleep from which it was impossible to arouse herself. The massive door opposite, the huge statue that stood at her side, the heavy ornaments of bronze around all merged into one. shadowy substance, and she remembered nothing more. When she at last awoke she found herself lying upon a lounge, apparently in an upper room, in a kind of library; for there were books and engravings scattered loosely about.' Where wes Bhe? Where - was her aunt? Where but the various enquiries that forced themselves upon her bewildered brain were lost in an uncertainty that seemed terrible maddening. She reached out her hand feebly for the bell, which was near by on a small lacquered table, and, in answer to it's summons came not the domestic she expected, but her companion of the previous day. "Oh, Mr. Marr!" Isabel exclaimed, rising excitedly from the lounge, and advancing Towards him ; "take me home

take me to my aunt's."

my dear, returned Alaxr, complacently, "you are at home." "Oi, not here not here not her home ! I am sure of that, for why don't I see her? Why are you here continually since since yesterday?" she added, as the position of the sun.iu the heavens warned her that the night had

passed and gone. A look of deep embarrassment came over the dark, handsome face; the eyes involuntarily drooped before the young girl's earnest searching gaze. "To tell the truth "he hesitated a moment, then west on, "if I tell you everything, lhe reason of your being here so long without your aunt, will you will you forgive me?" She bowed her' head upon her hands. A light, the davro of which had never east a shadow upon her-Bond before, now arose, clear, calm, pftitos. She felt that those few hours, though harre less to her. had in some Tmdeflijed manner wrought a change which the future might be powerless to overcome. "Oh, you were cruel to deceive me 1" she murmured, "what shall I do ? Oh, where shall I go?" "Just listen to me a minute," said Marr, more softened by the sight of her suffering than he car ed to confess, "listen to me. I wouldn't willingly do any harm, and yet for the sake of a bet an idle wager, X have made matters and myself appear much worse than they really are. Some time ago. when I heard Mrs. Darlington speak of having invited you, I was there with a couple of friends. We saw your picture, and admired it imtnsnsely; and then, when we heard that ycu were coming here, I bet one of them Dick Hamilton that I'd

be the first to see you. And not only that paltry wager, but but perhaps you will not believe me, bnt I had fallen in love with your picture, and long, oh how earnestly, to throw myselfmy life the little fortune I possess, at your feet I Isabel, you are in my mother's house, safe from every evil even from the suspicion of evil; oh, will yott not pardon the stratagem I used to draw you hither? Forget that I am a strner ; forget that I have deceived you, forget everything except the intensu and ardent love which prompted mo to do so. My darling.

you are free to leave, to go to your aunt's if you will, but I shall not let

you go till I liave my answer." He came closer to her, and gently

taking her hand pressed it fervently, passionately t gainst his lips. Still she did not answer. "My love my darling, say just one word that you forgive!" he pleaded fondly. The suddenness of this unexpected declaration l ad well nigh taken away the young girl's breath. She was not insensible of bii passion of the love that lit up those dark eyes with a splendor and brilliau at that dazzled and charmed Iter, while ai the same time it bewildered

MfpNKt' did not know what

iRdnd wm incapable of act-

pwttreiy to

the arm that drew her toward his breast. "Oh, my darling," ho murmured, caressing the glossy curls that lay against his snouMer, "we will be happy, oh, so very happy!" One moment she rested there, full of the joyful sense of a love which had never inspired her before Then she suddenly drew herself away. Was it right was this the faith she had' promised herself to keep to Boss? Should she surrender to a mere stranger so soon, too? Marr seemed to read these doubts and questions in the timid, wavering glances she threw upon bun. Once more he advanced and took her hand iu his. There was a sadness in his tone which touched her heart for more than his most passionate words. "I see you don't care you cannot bring yourself to care for me so soon. Well, so let it be. I will take you to your aunt's at once, if you are so anxious to go. But oh, Isabel, if patient, tireless devotion can win your love, it shall ultimately be mine. If ceaseless effort can prove to you how deeply I love you, I shall spare no pains nor means to accomplish it," "But where how?" "How will we account to Mrs. Darlington for not arriving yesterday? Easily. We will say that you did not get here till this morning, and, if you will prepare to leave now, I will go and call a carriage." Ho went out, and Isabel caught herself listening with a somewhat mournful inteutness to his departing footsteps. "Why, my dear, wo looked for you all day yesterday, and George went to the depot twice, but couldn't find you; so we thought you had given up coming. How very fortunate that Mr. Marr happened to seo yon this morning and brought you up, exclaimed Mrs. Darlington, as she welcomed Isabel to her handsome home." "Well," said Marr, in a jaunty manner, H saw at once that she was a stranger, and recognized her would you believe it, Mrs Darlington by the picture you showed me three weeks ago." "Impossible!" ejaculated the lady. "But true," answered Marr, nodding wisely. "I suppose you have become quite well acquainted by this time. The drive from the depot is a long one eh, Mr. Marr?" Isabel flushed a little and appeared embarrassed. But Marr was equal to the occasion. "Quite good friends," he answered, carelessly. "Such very good friends in fact that I trust she will not object to my calling to-morrow to learn how she stood the effects of her journey." Then, after a few desultory remarks, he took his hat and left the house. Isabel felt considerably relieved and less guilty when she heard the outer door close upon him. "Who is that Mr. Marr?" she asked of her aunt, as that portly relative pro

ceeded to help JLsfibel, off witn ner cloak.

An old mend of mine, my dear

How very odd that you should meet him in that singular way. Ho is rich

and well connected, 'bright, original, and just the least bit eccentric."

"I should think so," murmured Isa

bel to herself.

"But he is a sociable, goodnatured kind of a fellow; rather slow-and-go-easy, you might say, but we'll wake him up, my dear, won't we?" and her aunt gave her a kindly tap on the cheek as she glanced slyly down into Isabel's

drooping eyes. -

The latter's experience with Mr. Marr would certainly" not incline her to agree with Mrs. Darlington regarding the

latter characteristic of that gentleman.

But she said nothing. How coidd she confess that iu a few short hours she had had a better opportunity to form

an estimate regarding- him thon her

aunt had enjoyed during an acquaint-

ancesnip ox several years.

Sho went up stairs to her room. It

was a small but beautiful apartment,

fronting on the corner of Seventyeighth street and Fifth avenue. Glancing down that fashionable thoroughfare, she beheld Marr conversing with two ladies one, elderly and faded; the

other, young and seemingly beautiful.

A sudden pang of was it jealousy? shot through her heart. But the sen

sation was onlv momentary.

Bitterly she reproached herself for

allowing tier thoughts to dwell, even

for an instant, on one who had deceived her in such a manner. She turned

hastily from the window, and sat down

before the open grate, in which some hot coals were sleepily smouldering

away.

xraim-a lew minutes sho was up again, wandering up and down the room. Where 'did 4ter restless feet carry her at last? To the window, to be sure. The two ladies were nowhere in sight; neither' was Marr. She was conscious of experiencing a feeling of relief, which

almost instantly was superseded by one of curiosity. He was no longer stand

ing with them. But, then, had he ac

companied them? or, had they passed on one way, and had he - gone on his way the other? She felt ashamed that Bhe should take enough interest in him to ask herself those simple questions, but so it was. Struggle as she would, her efforts were too feeble to render it otherwise. "How very strange," she said, softly to herself, "that I that he should seem so near and" she had almost said dear "so agreeable to me, when, until yesterday, we had never met. I don't exactly like bim how can I, after such disagreeable conduct on his part? And yet " Isabel leaned acainst the

side of the window, as if deliberating the momentous question she had just inquired of herself. It was quite evident that, far from disliking him, she was endeavoring to think of some extenuating circumstances of some small loophole that might admit even the shadow of an excuse for his conduct. She was not long in finding one. Had he not declared that only his love for her bod urged him to measures which he would never have thought of taking bnt for tho sake of winning her regard? Had not tho first glanco from the eyes of her portrait thrilled him with such delirium that he would havo gone through fire and water to meet and declare his passion for the beautiful original? On the whole, thon, looking at the matter in a more impartial light than she had regarded it that morning, she could not see that he had been so very much to blame, after all. She recalled the old maxim which adorned the first page of her. old copybook : "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady, " and, in the light of her recent experiences, was fain to admit that there might be more truth in that saying than even the famous author Wraself had probably been aware of, ( Marr came, not only the next evening, i

bringing several friends with him, but many evenings after. He proved to be, as Mrs. Darlington had told Isabel, an easy-going, good-natured young fellow. And, only that Isabel had had a deep and intense insight into his nature, she would have thought him too lazy and indolent for any expression of passion, such as he had so solemnly declared for her. He never alluded to that day, ovon when they were alone, and they wcro very frequently thrown togotlier. His delicacy touched her, and exerted, unconsciously, on influence favorable to him. An hour did not pass in which she was not comparing him to tho conntry swain of Plainvillc. Not but what Boss Edgerly was not a very good sort of a fellow in his way, honest and trustworthy and all that, still, when two pooplo have been brought up, as they were, from childhood, to look upon themselves as destined for each other, such business-like arrangements naturally preclude any but the slightest halo of romance from hanging ever tho affair. Boss' father and Isabel's mother, having been engaged to each other in early life, and each having, it appeared, preferred a different partnor when tho crisis came, made up their minds that it would be a good thing to unite their children in those bonds which they had thought better of entering together ; and so iu their wills left clauses to the offeot that Boss and Isabel were to bo set apart, so to speak, for each other. But Isabel long ago wearied of the compact made by those who wero dead and gone, and showed but little disposition to fulfill her part. She tolerated the lover-like advances of Boss, but could not make up her mind to take him for better, for worse; and consequently, .hailed with delight Mrs. Darlington's invitation to visit hor at her homo in the city. Hor first adventure there was sufficiently romantic, and its pleasant and harmless termination added additional romance to that with whioh sho already invested Marr. Two months had now passed since Isabel's arrival. Still ho had said nothing no pleasing continuation of the story he related so fervently and ardently to her on that memorable morning. Perhaps he was waiting for some sign from her; perhaps he felt that, after such a sudden avowal, he could well afford to wait a while before overwhelming her with another. One morning they were in the drawing-room together. He had called to take her out riding, but the weather beginning to look gloomy and overcast, thoy concluded to remain within. Some choice engravings were lying on a table in the center of the" room. Marr carelessly took up the first one that came to hand. It was a copy of Brocatelli's "Venus and Adonis." "What are you thinking of?" asked Isabel. He dropped the engraving, and came over to her side. "I am thinking woll, every day I make up my mind to tell you what I am thinking of and every day finds me cowardly and unwilling to look fate bravely in the face. How I could ever have been so rash as I once was, passes

even my own belief now. Tliis "was the first time ho had ever alluded to their' meeting to his peculiar conduct then. She was silent. A month six weeks ago she might have replied calmly. Now she felt that she could not trust hef self to speak. He glanced toward her, but could not tell whether her eyes foreshadowed encouragement or the opposite. They were downcast, and the heavy lashes hid them completely from view. At that moment there was a light tap at the door, and the servant entered with a couple of letters for Mrs, Darlington and one for Isabel. Marr caught a glimpse of the large, scrawling letters in blue ink, and wondered who in the world her correspondent could bo. No womwi could possibly write such a hand it must be from a man, certainly. So poor Marr stood on tho hearthrug, tormented with curiosity and jealousy, while Isabel calmly read hor letter through. It was from a man, as the anxious lover suspected from Boss Edgerly. She quietly folded tho letter up, put it back in its envelope, then sat silent, looking past Marr into the gleaming ccals. "Well," he said, impatiently. "Well," returned Isabel, smiling, "I know exactly what you want to say and cannot." "And what is that, my fair clairvoyant?" "I can easily tell. You would like to know who this letter is from," patting tho envelope and glancing slowly over to tho tall figure before tho fire. "Indeed I would!" ho exclaimed. "From an old friend of nrino in Plainvillc I should have answered his last letter, but forgot it, and so and so ho has written again to remind me," and

Isabel laughed coquettislily. "Don't answer i" he broke in impetuously. "And why not ? I must not slight old friends, Mr. Marr, for tho sake of new ones." "But for the sako of one you would for the sake of one who oh, Isabel! I cannot control my feelings any longer, or keep f hem from finding vent in words. I love you, darling; I need not tell you that; you know it you could not help knowing it long ago. So won't you forgive me for what is past, for my wild conduct when we first became acquainted with each other? Toll mo taat there is a little hope, I have waited and looked for it from day to day Don't turn your face away, dear lot me look there and find my answer, tho best, the only answer I shall ever be contented with." He took hor in his arms and raised

the f oeo that was endeavoring to hide itself iu the folds of his coat.

"Dear love " ho murmured. "I feci

I know I am forgiven."

How daro you think so when I have

not even said a word?" said Isabel, saucily.

"Silence gives consent all tho world

over," replied her happy lover. Then, after a pause: "You won't answer it.

will you?"

"Answer what? she asked, entirely

forgetful of tho letter that had dropped from her hand, and was now Ivinrr on

tho floor at her feot.

Marr stooped down and nicked it u.

"This letter," ho replied. "Don't give

me any more cause for uneasiness. I

have had enough." ' "There is one reply I should think you would like me to send to him, "said Isabel, archly.

u.e tnougnt lor a moment. "So there is, dorlinor. How very

stupid of me not to think of it at onoo. I will let you aaswer it on one condition, then."

"And what ia that!" U wked,?

softly, stroking (he arm that held her closely to him. fc'f hat you send him my regards and an invitation to our wedding." And on that condition, and that only, did poor Boss Edgerly get his long-looked-for and much-oxpected letter. Chicago Ledger. Monte Man vs. Newspaper Man. Mr. Joseph Howard, the well-known New York uewspapor man, was coming homo from Boston on one of the big Sound steamers one night, when he was surprised to be taken in hand by a three-card-mon to man. Ho carefully concealed Ids knowledge of such wickedness, and listened calmly to the gambler, who put it in this way : "Now, sir, this is a swindle, and I frankly tell yon so. Here are three cards. One is a jack, and the rest are spotted. I lay them face downward, thus; and what I offer to bet is that you can't pick out the jack." "But the odds would bo against me," said Howard. "Then I'll bet you $50 to S25," said the gambler. All this time he was laying and relaying the throe cards in a row, taking cn're to bend the corner of the jack iu the usual manner, as though by accident, so as to make Howard believo that the right card could be surreptitiously identified. Well, having placed them finally, with the bent card seemingly the jack, while of course it

REVENUE DISTRICTS.

The President's Order Reducing Them in Number.

No Less Than Forty-four Fat Places Abolished.

Washington Telegram. The President has Issued on order cutting down tho number of collection districts from 126 to eighty-two. ThH pruning- pro. cess has been in contemplation for some time, and political bosses, place-holders and Government employes in expectancy have been besieging the President, crying to him and t hreatening bun. But be was obdurate. Then ho was reminded of the great influence of collectors at election time, and hints were slyly put forward about the utility of these ollicet iu working up an Arthur "-boom. " This little artifice was as useless a? tears and threats had been. The President had decided npon forty-four decapitations, and upon the annihilation of forty-four use

less omces. mo new order of things begins July, or as soon thereafter as practicable. Illinois loses two districts. The Second and Third will be consolidated, and will bo known as the Kecond. Lucien Crooker will

be Collector, with headauortera at Aurora.

The Seventh and Eighth districts will be

merged under tho namo ot the Eighth, with John W. Hill as Collector. The following ore the chancres in noiirhboriner States:

Wisconsin All oast f the dividing line is to bc.known a the First district, with Irving M. Bean Collector. His headquarters ill probably be nt Mil Yankee. All west of toe dividing line

will be known ss the Second district, witbljeontrd Lottridgo Collector.

;imna Tne 'lentil and Eleventh districts

i- iniH. .i T i iuo consniioatea to ue Known as toe cieventa, wasn't, ho said: Ihoro they are. I with Thomas M. Krkiwtriok Collector. The

am. ion tniuK

will not touch them again.

you know which is the jack, but I'll bet you two to one that you don't. Here's iiny $50." "Too small an operation," said Howard, lazily. "Make ii any sum you please. Say $r.00 to $250." By this time a group of interested passengers had gathered round the two

a ii !.. n i tx . . ! that portion of the State south of tho counties AU right, Sflld Howard, as he i named is consolidated into on") district, known

as the I'omth, with J. w. jturdette collector a new appointment. All that portion of tho State north of the counties named is constituted ono district, known o the Third, with James ,

First and Seventh are consolidated to be known

as the Seventh, with William V. Carter Collector. He nill probably continue his headquarters at Terrc Haute. The Fourth and Sixth are

consolidated under the name of the Fourth, with

Horace McKay as collector, lie will probably have hii office at Indianapolis.

Jotna Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine. Scott, Louisa, Washington, Johnson, Krokuk, Iowa, Benton. Mahaska, Fowenheik,

lama, Ainnon, jasper, warren, i'oitf, aiaoison, Dallas. Adair. (Suthrie. Cass. Audubon. Potta

wattamie, Shelby and Harrison counties ore

consolidated into one district, to be Known as the Second, with John W. Green Collector. All

counted out $250 from his wallet, and

laid the money down. i "And there's my $500," said the gambler, putting ten $50 bills on tho I i. . , i ... n..t 1

pile; uuucrstuuu, sir, iuut n you picK

Bimnson Collector.

Michigan The State is to be divided by a

line ruuuiiiE north and south which now marks

out the jack, at ono trviner, the money tn boundaries of the United Slates judicial

, , " "i ;t n,a ,., aistnots. All east ot the line is to bo Known as

mine.

"Exactly so," was tho response. ; The spectators thought, "What a ; fool!" and expected to free Howard pick up the bent card. So did the gambler. ! But ho didn't. He was perfectly famil- j iar with the trick, aud therefore aware that, by avoiding the bent card, the

cnances were even tuac be would mt upon the jack. His luck proved good. Ho turned over the jack. "Young man," he remarked, as he pocketed the stakes, "I did feel resentful toward you, for it struck me that I ought not to have been mistaken for a gullible millionaire. But I forgive you. Let there be no animosity between us. We will even drink a bottle of wiuo together. Aud let me tell you how to work a man like me successfully. Just bend the corner of tho right card, instead of the wrong one see? and let him boomerang himself with his own smartness." A Squatter Family.

A traveler on horseback, attracted 1 by a large number of children huddled

around the uoor oi an ArKansaw cabin, stopped and asked of a woman who suddenly appeared: "Is this a school-house?" "Did you take it for sich?"

"Yes, considering tho number children." "Well, I reckin you've a right

your opinion. "But is it a school?" "No, it ain't." "Are all these children yours?" "I reckin they are." "How do you make a living for all of

them?" "I don't, scratch."

"What do they get to eat?'

"Jluga an' sicn.

the First district James. H. Stone is Collector,

He will pronably have his headquarters at Detroit. All west of the Una will be known as

the Fourth district, with Charles W. Vtatldns,

Collector. He will probably be located at Grand Ilapids. tJlissonri the First and Second districts aro

consouuaieu. wiiu Isaac u. Dturgeon uoiieccor. Ho will probably make St Louis his headquarters. The Fifth and Sixth aro consolidated,

witn I'nimp imppier lo lector. Miuuesuta The First and Seccnd aro con

solidated, with William Bickel Collector. He will

nronablr be located at St. Paui

! (lloo The Third and Sixth districts are con- ' solldated, with George P. Dunham Collector. His headquarters will probably be Dayton. The Seventh and Klventti are consolidated, with

Marcus Hoggs Collector. His office will probably

oe at t nuucoine. Tne uourin ana -renin are

consolidated, with John P. Kumler Collector. The Fifteenth and Eighteenth are consolidated.

with Worthy S. Streeter Collector. His omco

; will l-robably he in Cleveland.

A CHARNEL-HOUSE.

Destruction by Fire of a Theater on the

Shore of Lake Como.

The

Corpses of Forty-Seven Taken from the Ruins.

People

of

to

I Cable Dispatch from London. rorty-eevon persons were burned to death, i and about forty seriously scalded or other-

! wise injured, while witnessing a puppet show in Dervio, a village on the shore of j Lake Coma The performance was given la

a email hall over a tavern. Ninety men, i women and children composed the audience j A Beneal lierht was used to represent fire.

Sparks from this ignited a quantity of straw and tirewood in tho adjacent room. On perceiving the flames the showman shouted 'fire, " but the spectators thought the cry was merely a realistio detail of the i tshow, and remained (seated. ' t- Cries of tire were soon raised outside the

' hall The audience uunkin? an affray, had

r . , , , . . , ; arisen in the i-troet, barred the door leading I ..nvna 'am stilt: on' Ijfra an-i . .. ... m. 1 , ..

vm .... ww wm i irom mo nan. i uev ma not aiscover taeir

! mistake until the Homes burst into the i loom. i After the fire had been extinguished, f orty-

"Gome, my good woman, you are try- : table, including the bodies of the showman

ing to joke me. I am a stranger in . and his wife, i he greater number or the this country aud I really asked for in- 1 remains are those of women and children; formation I have often heard of snnat- ' 1 he wounded, were hurt by leaping through, formation. J. nave oiteu ueara or squat- yHudows. A ohild was tiumr out of a win

ters. Do you belong to that family dow bv its mother, and fell upon a pile of

"I reckin I do, fur I squat sometimes

an' comb my bar when the chillen' air asleep." "Where's your husband?" "In town." "In business there?" "Yes, I reckin." "How long has it been since you saw him?"

"About a year.

straw. This is the only one present in the

i hall not hurt. ! Dervio is a charming little village on the borders of Lake Como, very sequestered and picturesque. It is about stx mues north of Cellagio, a charming seaside resort much frequented b;r English and American tour- ! ists, and about thirty miles north of Ooino. i Host of its inhabitants are ehnpio country ' peasants, iishermen and wood-chop-j pers. Tho population is about l.OJ',

I'.',-,'-' v ..... - - :i

a-,,,, i ,i i i ' stone omitting, containing; out one room "Why doesn't he come toTsoe you?" . tthol,. 5i0 feet wide and i feet long, and

well, you Bee, mem deputy martins could hold about jo persons, 'mere was up came along one day an seed him bilin ' g"ery, and the performances given thert some cornin a kittle, an' 'lowed he was ZtZoZ mafan' whisky, so they tuck him along, i than would tie playing of a tragedy or the

Look out thar 1

The stranger dodged, but not qu;te soon enough. A boy fell from a tree under which the stranger hod stopped and struck him on the shoulder.

Didn't know he was there," said the

muKio of an onera.

The companies that are in the habit or exhibiting these marionettes consist generally of four or ii v,i people who impersonate by means of little wooden figures the characters of Arleeohino. Pauta'.ono. Brierhetta.

Mies Colorahina and Dr. Balanzonc. While

s, the actors behind them speak

in the different Italian dialects. Such a little lown as Dervio is visited by the strolling players about two or three times a voar, especially in the summer months, and their stav is generally from four days to a week, 'i'ho exhibitions are generally given in llltlo rooms adjoining summer gardens

CUKBJEKT FASHION NOTES.

traveler. rMrardinff with astonishment : .?. I l'reis lire pong weu

ii,; "tt'i " iIi:l j"?.

began to throw dust at the horse. "I don't reckin you did," tho woman replied, "but lemmetell you, the woods is full of 'em, an' they're liable to drap on vou at anv minit. an' an it ain't safe

to stay in the timber, you'd better take ' nd xer saloons.

the big road an mosey. Good day. You Ike, put that lizzard down. Epn, that ar tarripin'll bite you if you put your finger in his mouth. Drap that scorpion, John. Nick, don't chaw that vino, fur it'll pizen ye." Arkansaw Traveler. As Told by the Hero. Tho following is an extract from a letter written from Texas by a young man, formerly of Macon, to a friend here: "The other night I went into a saloon where there were eight cowboys, who had just got in from a long drive. Thoy crowded around me and asked me to set 'cm up. Just out of politeness, I sot 'em up. When they got through thoy asked mo to set 'em up again and I refused. Thoy crowded around me, evidently taking me for a sucker, and swore they'd oat mo up. I stood my ground and told thorn if thoy would let the bar-keeper hold their pistols I'd try 'om a few rounds. Then they took out their weapons and gave them to the bar-keeper, and in ten minutes I had whipped all eight of them. They saw I wasn't to be fooled with, and we shook hands. Every time

1 meet a cowboy now he takes oil his hat to mo." itfat-on ((rVcO Telegraph. Elder Booth's Philosophy. Elder Booth, preaohiug in a local oolored ohuroh recently, mode a homely and forcible illustration of tho worthlessness of riches, by saying: "Brethren and sisters, you don't see do undertaker makin' pockets in de shrouds. It wouldn't be no use, for you can't carry riches wid you when you dies," Chicago Nem,

Eveut tashlonablo girl has now a banjo upon whioh sho plays "darky" songa The most fashionable women now endeavor to make each one of tholr letters in wtiting an inch in length and correspondingly broad. Dotted and tambour muslins, worn over color, with yards of lace and ribbons for trimming, ore among the prettiest of toilets for tho seaside. Suppers made of marabout feathers and lined with pink and blue satin are coming

into fashion. Tho heels are very high and are plated with silver. The "cat-fan" is the newest It is made of the skin of a Maltese kitteaand very slightly stuffed The tail of the kitten is used for the handle. Po.jkryk will be driven at bong Branch this summer instead of ponies, They will he driven tandem, aud long strings of gayly. colorod satin ribbon substituted tor the customary reins. 01)11 IIAFFEKlKtiS. Ak eight-day clock that had been given to tho w.fe of Douglas Ottinger, nt Erie, Pa., ns a wedding prrs:nt by her husband, stopped at tho very moment sho died, and cannot be started again. It cast a gloom over tho ontlro assemblage, when, at a Dallas ohuroh fair, the minister's fon walked up to the grub-bag and pricecake table, and asked that the gaina be explained to him before he bought any culpa. At the Children's Homo in Cincinnati a boy 5 yuars of age foil Into a well forty-five feet deep, at tho bottom of which a man was digging. The boy alighted on tho back of the well-die ger, but neither was hurt A boot of a pinon-tree found by Edward Austin in New Mexico, is knotted and twisted so that it forms a perfect resent, blauoe to two human beings standing fact to face, wrtU bftiuts clasped and aynis ex

HOADLEY WINS.

He Secures the Democratic Nomination for Governor of Ohio.

bien. Ward Feels Aggrieved, and Announces Himself in the Field for Senator.

t Associated Press Report The Demo3ratta State Convention convened at 10 o'clock, with the largest crowd ever seen on a similar occasion in Columbus. Not more than half the people could be accommodated in tho Opera House, The sultry weather and rain made everything disagreeable. The contest between Ward and Hoadley for Governor waged fiercely during the morning hours. Tho convention was called to order by Clark Irvine, Chairman of the Central Committee. All preliminary organization was dispensed with, and Hon. John KcSweeney, of Wooster, was introduced as the Permanent Chairman, and received with much enthusiasm. Tho Committee on Resolutions not being ready to report, the convention proceeded to the nomination of Governor. There was groat delay in the presentation of names. Efforts were made to proceed to ballot without tho presentation of names, but, after a long wait, Senator Thurman crowded on to the stage amid the wildest enthusiasm. He followed T. E. FowcU, and seconded the nomination of Gen. Durbin Ward. The names of Judge George Hoadley and Hon. George A Geddes were presented In the order given. The first ballot resulted: Hoadley, 800; Ward. 361; Geddes, 77; J. W. Denver, 4 Before the result of the second ballot could be announced, a motion to nominate Hoadley by acclamation was carried. He had in the neighborhood of S00 votes. 319 being necessary to a ohoice. Judge Hoadley then appeared, and accepted tho nomination in a ten-minute's address, during which he reviewed his connection with the party, and, although he had wandered at one time with the Republicans to fight the battles ot the colored race, the Democracy was broad enough to receive him. Ho esteemed it a great compliment to be nominated over a more worthy candidate, and believed they could win on a platform whoee leading principles were personal liberty, self-control in temperance matters, and a license system. Gen. Ward was brought in and made a speech, in which he severely rebuked the party for failing to recognize bis thirty years' services, and, not to be daunted, lie announced himself publicly as a candidate for the United States Senate. The remainder of the ticket was completed as follows Lieutenant Governor, John Warwick, of Stark county; Supreme Judge, short term, Martm D. Follett, Wash-, ington county; Supreme Judge, long term, Selwin Owen, Williams county; Supremo Court Clerk, John 3. Cruikshank, Miami county; Attorney, James Lawrence, Cuyahoga county; Auditor of State, Emil Kelseweiter, Franklin county; Treasurer of State, Peter Brady, Sandusky county; School Commissioner, Loroy XX Brown, of Butler county; Member of the Board of Public Works, John P. Martin, cf Greene county. The convention broke un

amid much confusion, at 1 :15 in the morning after adopting the following platform: The Democracy of Ohio, in convention as

sembled, nereny reamrm the principles or the party, as expressed in the primaries and State and national rlatforms, in regard to personal liberty, tho true functions of government, and as embraced iu tho political creed expounded bv the great founder of the Democratic partyThomas Jefferson. Tho application of then

principles to our present condition demands the purification ot tuo public service, the punishment of the rol bers of the public treasury, the

equalization oi an puuuc uuraens, tne arrest oi tho profligacy and extravagance that corrupt the administration of public affairs, and a total change in the policy that has so loni; been pursued by tho Hepubliean party favoring individual and clasn interest at the expense of the laboring and wealth-prodnolng people of the roantry; and we reamrm our previous declarations for stable money, the gradual extinction

ot the pubuo debt, and the payment of pensions to disabled soldiers, their widows and orphans. 2. We favor a tariff for revenue limited to the necessities of government, economically administered, and so adjusted in Its application as to prevent unequal burden?, encourage productive industries at home, afford Just compensatlori to labor, but not to create or ferter monopolies. 3. The act of the Beiuhlican Congress reducing the tariif on wool, while at the same time increasing it on woo'.cn goods, already highly irotected, was iniquitous legislation, discrhu natinsin favor of monopoly and against the agricultural interests of the country, and ought to be corrected; and we heartily approve the action of the Pemocratx members ot the Ohio delegation In Congress in voting against that in4. The Democratic party is, as It always hag been, opposed to sumptuary legislation and unequal taxation in any form, and is in favor of the largest liberty of private conduct consistent wi'h the public welfare and the rights of others, and of regulating the liquor traffic and prov(di ing against the evils resulting therefrom by a judicious and properly-graded license system. 6. The abuset of the present contract system in our State neidtcntiary, by 'vhioh tho products of the labor of convicts are brought in competition with the products of honest tabor, to the great detriment of the latter, arc In lorious and unwise, and ought to be corrected, and the promises of the Republican party to abolish this system a re shown to be false and hypocritical by its failuro to do so while it has the power. , G. The protection ot the Government ia due to all American citizens, native and foreign born, abroad as well as at home. 7. We reaffirm the resolutions of tho State Conventions of Ohio in 1480, 1801, and 1882, and of the Democra tic National Conventions of 1873, 1876, and lew, demanding a thorough reform and purification of the civil service, and charge that the Republican party has violated every pledge it has heretofore given for the reform thereof, and bar failed during its long administration of the Government to correct even the most crying abuses : and we demand, therefore, a change In the exec utive administration of the Government itself astho reform first of all necessary (as made xtill mora manifest by the recent (-tar-route trials), thereby ousting corrupt rings, confederated to protect crime ana prevent the punishment of crimioals, and by so doing to make it possible again to punish fraud and theft in the public service. CYCLONE.

A Section of Missouri Visited by a Ter

rific Storm.

A dispatch from Kansas City Bays: Liv

ingston and Caldwell oountles. Ha, were visited by a di sastrous rain and wind storm in the afternoi n, 19th met, the storm coming from the southwest Largo buildings were destroyed and several persons killed and drowned in the neighborhood of Kidder.

The rain was preceded by a oyolone, which

ninuo a patn -uu ioeo wiue, tearing overy. thinsr iu its wav. aud three mile3 couihwest

of the town it' demolished tho house of W. Thompson, G. Tracy and C. N. Johnson. Mr. Tracy was badly injured by Hying timbers,

sua wilt cue. au uuuninuiugs wero cuau blown down and carried away, and the

crops in ualaweu county were aomagea

to the amount or many tnousanas or aoi-

lars. In Livingston county the center of the storm seemed to be near Chilioothe, on the

line of the Hanmbal and St Joe Hatlroad, alUioucrh in tho southern portion of the

county a large amount of damage resulted. At Chillicothc a f armcr reported that three men were killed and at least fifteen more 91 loss wounded. Many farm-houses wcro un. roofed and driven across tho country and tho fruit and corn irons wore seriously in

jured. The southern poit.ou of Livingston county is sparsely Fettled, and the reports aro every way unsatisfactory, it being impossible to ascertain the exact situation. The tcrriblo rain-storms of the past week hove so completely oat oft comniimlcsfciorj tliroughout Western Missouri that it will take at least twenty-four hours to know the ac

curate Igsros of lifo and property.

tJ LEANINGS. The Russians consider bathing once a week

an effeminate luxury.

Mm Maay Doyle died in Kentucky re

cently at the ago of W0 years.

Within flvo tonus, coveruur fifteen months.

St Louis courts have granted l.tCO divorces.

PosTMASTEnGESEKAi.GBEHaASt has received

the degree of LL. D. from both Wabash Col

lege ana tuo inaiana onus univrcnuv.

Ten well-uresorved tcoth of the raber-

tni.thed Mirer were recently excavated at

the Nevada State prison quarry, close to prehistorio tracks.

The tallest Princess in the world is the

Crown Princess of Denmark. She is stx feet

two im hos high. Bhe Is very fona or Oano-

ing, but nas often to iorego tne pleasure,

because, ueina" geeniv sensible 01 ruuuuii

, . 1 1 j. - 1 1 .

sue uooa no, wiau w fmvv an nw

INDIANA STATE NEWS. PaAKXTOBT claims a population, by the city census, of 4,3flSL Db. H. W. Tapt, of St. Louis, 28 years of age, and martied, committed suicide by opium at the Sherwood House at BvazMvule. He was consumptive and en route to Florida. The Board ot Trustees of Purdue TJnfc verslty have abolished the study ot Latin and Greek in that institution, to gtre mon time tor industrial andacienfinciastroAttoa. A uuwe number of prominent Lata jet la business men have organized the KexuhanfM and Manufacturers' Exchange, and will 1m subject to the rules and rcgulationa governing; Boards of Trade. A si.w-KTfis owned by Owens Brothers, at Needham,- five miles east of granaifn, was destroyed by fire. The building aad machinery were a total loss, amounting to about 92,000, on which there was no insurance. At LynnyiUe, Warrick county, a yonnglfal' named Jimmy Ireland waa walking oa Ma' top railing of a fence, and young IrelaaaPa foot slipped, and, falling astride the xenoa. one of the pickets entered Us body, injurinf him fatally. WnvuAK SrarcBSB, one of the wealthiest men in Clark county, has deeded a farm ta each of hia six children. The smallest facia jS valued at f 11,000, and the largest at 30,000. Ho does not want his will ouuteated after death. The agents for an alleged sickle sharpener are at work in Henry oounty, selling fans rights, which, after the honest granger ooavtracts for, he finds to be a combined order for a number of sharpeners aaniron-olad promissory note, A max named SchlegeL of Decatur, ta building a velocipede, the motive power ot which is a spring, which he expect wul ran his machine and its load S00 yards, whara three moves of a lever will wind it up ready for another run. Ms. Hknet Hrra, of New Albany, ia the posseesor of an interesting reUa It is the) Inkstand used by the signers of the firatcoastttutfon of Indiana, after, tfen delegates bad completed the work of framing that lnabntment at Croydon, ta 1810. This inkstand la of flint stone, and has has been in the Hoth family since 1816. Otra afternoon recently, during a heavy thunder-storm, whioh passed ovrc the northern part of this county, Mghtntng atrack a tree under which wero sheltered a targa herd of sheep, belonging to Henry Lewie, and nineteen were instantly killed. They were of a valuable breed, and Insured iatba Otto Farmers' Insurance Company. JtaMEB FntBca, city ealesman for Barka ic Alyey, of Terra Haute, was discharged and handed a oheque for a balance of 40 due him on salary. Since then It has bean

discovered that Pierce had converted to Ida own use collections of money mada fox the) firm, amounting in all, as near as can be) learned, to about f6C0. He has disappeared. Chabjjes BasnistKb, a young roan about 21 years old, waa standing on the depot platform at Ia Fontaine, south of WaiMih,whea an excursion train was backing In. fie was suddenly seized with an epOaptto at, ta which he has been subject, aad fell between two cars, two wheels passing over his body before the train could be stopped. Bannister's body was mangled fearfully, and Ufa waa extinct when he was picked up. At- Nobleeville Benjamin Cropper, fa a quarrel with his (dster-hi-law ahot her foar times, inflicting injuries which may prove fatal. The quarrel waa one of a serial which extended almost since Cropper's marriage, he being a passionate aadsotaa. what dissipated character. As soonssba saw what hia rage had lad htm to do, he turned his weapon upon Tiimsrlf and emptied the remaining three barrels Into Ul own body. His wounds are not aeoeBMrTt fatal, however, and the Sherift placed Wni under arrest. Tax Northern Indians Editorial Assorts.

tion, at their twentieth annual

Fort Wayne, elected the following 1

President-,, Dan McDonald, of the Plymouta Democrat; Vice-Presidents, J. B Berick, of the Lagrange Standard, E. A K. Hacks, of the Fort Wayno Sentinel; Treasurer, W. A' Hlllegas, of the Huntington Democrat; Ootv responding Secretary, Q, Jl Boeder, of the Warsaw Indiana Republican; Beourdlng Seoretary, J. W. Ferrter, of the Btonben Jaaraaf, The session closed with a grand banquet at the Kayo House. Addresses were daltrerod by Hon. ft C Bell, Hon. Bobert Lowry, Obi' B. & Robertson. The irexlj meeting will be held at Huntington, lad., June IS aad 1V 1881, An excursion tramroadaaihcri trtB over each of the seven roads mtbo cityEph Moos, colored, was aiieated by afac-' Bhal Port about fourteen roues northeast ot Marion for the murder of Byron 8tafltat,la Stokes oounty, N, a, on the lit of Xarab,

188a He had been followed by the

of that state continually evar 1

several times they have ooma upon hha, bat

he always succeeded in whipping them aaat making liia escape. When captured ka waa heavily aimed with two revolvats, aSpenoer rlfle and double-barreled shotgun, bat tta were no avail against Marshal Fort, who) immediately put Urn ta irons aad placed; him ia charge of a Government detective sad started him for Stokes county, was ha' will doubtless be tisaged, aa the aiardar was an atrocious one, and admitted by Mav A Hkv lii middle age can remember when a Hoosier merchant did care to write bis res

idence on a New York hotel register. Indi

ana stood, in the popular estimation, at tka

concentration of ignorance. A Hoosier was

supposed to be long and gawUsh, greem aad aguish. And while ho might have been ex-j pected to improve his material prospects in tiie intervals between his bnattng aad fishing days and bis shaking days, tt waabaw posstblo that he could improve much rasatally. He might extend bis clearings aorawj what and get more hogs about him, but tha sun of scholarship would never rise ta tha Hoosior's cast Now look at Indiana. Baa is a central and pivotal State. What names stand more in tho public eye than those of hereonsf Her consequence in the poiitioal, industrial, intellectual aud literary world is recognised eyerywh ere. ZMvrrcncaiuTf Pre). Rusrmius was thrown Into a high state oi excitement by the report that Joe Beaver, well-known farmer rosideut of Noble towai ship, had been shot deal by Jhn Btorey, a rather notorious character. Tha scene ot the murder was located on tha K., OL AH. track, one-half mile north of town, aad tha cause, a quarrel over a woman ot Ql-repatey

Minnie Helm by name. Beaver and tat.

mm.: ' .mmm

woman were sitting near 'She track, '

for a train to pass, when Storey apprgaaasa and the two quickly got lata a fight oral the woman, la the course of whMuJMajVSjt was knocked down, whereupoa harws revolver and shot Storey Uaroagh taq terad, Putting in back la hto poolnt,aw aratki

sorted to his fists, bat snea,.i

woman to ret his wnkWSmmSSmWtK i

again, and as aba

from hor aad.iMAi

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